Coronado Man’s Invention Could Help Save Water

SAN DIEGO — With water becoming a hot commodity, a San Diego man has invented a tool to make sure that not a drop is wasted. Many people have seen broken sprinkler heads that turn into geysers when a lawn is watered. Sometimes, many don’t realize they have one of these water wasters. The broken sprinkler heads could be a result of different factors like being run over by a car or snapped during lawn-mowing. A couple of years ago, Coronado resident Chris Eader said he had enough. Eader invented “No More Geysers,” a sprinkler system that automatically shuts off — even if someone were to take a golf club to it. After hitting a No More Geysers sprinkler head, Eader said, “It shuts off completely at the site of the break every time without fail.” Eader said the system is pretty simple. A ball valve goes into a base, with a plastic riser going above it. A retaining pin holds the ball down, keeping the water flowing. If the sprinkler head were to break the pin gets pushed out and the ball closes the valve. Read the entire 10news.com story here.